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114 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the +God of Jacob,

Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

115 Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth's sake.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where then is their God?

But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;

They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.

They that make them are like unto them,—every one that confideth in them.

O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

10 House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

11 Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

12 Jehovah hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;

13 He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.

14 Jehovah will add unto you more, unto you and unto your children.

15 Ye are blessed of Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

18 But *we* will bless Jah from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah!

Psalm 114

When Israel came out of Egypt,(A)
    Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Judah(B) became God’s sanctuary,(C)
    Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled,(D)
    the Jordan turned back;(E)
the mountains leaped(F) like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?(G)
    Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
    you hills, like lambs?

Tremble, earth,(H) at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turned the rock into a pool,
    the hard rock into springs of water.(I)

Psalm 115(J)

Not to us, Lord, not to us
    but to your name be the glory,(K)
    because of your love and faithfulness.(L)

Why do the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”(M)
Our God is in heaven;(N)
    he does whatever pleases him.(O)
But their idols are silver and gold,(P)
    made by human hands.(Q)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(R)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

All you Israelites, trust(S) in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.
10 House of Aaron,(T) trust in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.
11 You who fear him,(U) trust in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.

12 The Lord remembers(V) us and will bless us:(W)
    He will bless his people Israel,
    he will bless the house of Aaron,
13 he will bless those who fear(X) the Lord
    small and great alike.

14 May the Lord cause you to flourish,(Y)
    both you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(Z) and earth.

16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord,(AA)
    but the earth he has given(AB) to mankind.
17 It is not the dead(AC) who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;
18 it is we who extol the Lord,(AD)
    both now and forevermore.(AE)

Praise the Lord.[a](AF)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 115:18 Hebrew Hallelu Yah